1/6 Hot Toys - Star Wars Episode IV - 1/6th scale Luke Skywalker in Stormtrooper Disguise

[OutLander]

Looks like 1/4 boba dropped yesterday, I would think this is next/soon.

Saw a 1/4 Boba in stock for sale on ebay from a HK based seller today.

 

[TurdFurgusonsHat]

Stormy Luke is still listed as q3 according to budget starks updated ht schedule.

 

[Jaymas]

Since there is an interior on the helmet I doubt it will fit on the head sculpt although that would be super cool. I love that you can fit a head on your modded Marmit and then put the helmet on the head, just perfect.

An elegant solution would be to have a longer neck that connect to the top inside of the helmet. It almost looks like it could be something like that in the picture of the helmet that we've seen. On the prop helmets there was a cutout foam piece in the shape of a star or something and in this picture it looks like there is sort of a cog pattern. They could have a neck that you snap the helmet onto.

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How does the helmet connect to the body on the regular HT Stromtrooper? There isn't a head under that one? Anyone have a picture of the inside of that helmet so I can see how it connects?

 

[Asta]

How does the helmet connect to the body on the regular HT Stromtrooper? There isn't a head under that one? Anyone have a picture of the inside of that helmet so I can see how it connects?

There's a tube inside that holds a barbell ball joint to plug into the neck.

 

[anwe]

How does the helmet connect to the body on the regular HT Stromtrooper? There isn't a head under that one? Anyone have a picture of the inside of that helmet so I can see how it connects?

There is a long neck that plugs in to the top of the helmet. There isn't a lower socket as on the SSC. The inside of the helmet is just empty space. I thought about buying a loose helmet and dremel away at the socket to try to fit a head under there, but then I thought that I already have my Marmits for that.

edit: ah, work interfered for a couple of minutes and I was too late.

 

[Cixx]

Mine is fully paid with paypal 187$, now just ship it!(hopefully end of month)

 

[Jaymas]

There's a tube inside that holds a barbell ball joint to plug into the neck.

There is a long neck that plugs in to the top of the helmet. There isn't a lower socket as on the SSC. The inside of the helmet is just empty space....

So, what would it take to do the same with the Luke trooper? Some sort of an adapter? If there is empty space inside the helmet of the normal one it doesn't sound like that wouldn't mess up the detail inside the Luke one to plug something into the top of the helmet. I'm still crossing my fingers that a way is provided for this out of the box.

 

[Asta]

So, what would it take to do the same with the Luke trooper? Some sort of an adapter? If there is empty space inside the helmet of the normal one it doesn't sound like that wouldn't mess up the detail inside the Luke one to plug something into the top of the helmet. I'm still crossing my fingers that a way is provided for this out of the box.

Seems like you'd need a long neck and a tube of the right diameter wedged or blu-tacked into the helmet.

I have the defect helmet from the short trooper sitting on the shelf, so took a couple of photos of the inside so you can see what's in there:

I haven't checked whether both the tall and short troopers have the same size tubes, but when I flagged up the fault I had to specify which trooper it was from.

 

[anwe]

I'm sure you can stuff the helmet with something soft and it will stay on the neck, or if it's too short you do someting to lengthen the neck some. As I said the Marmits don't have a head underneath, just a huge ball and you use foam inside the helmet. When the helmet is there you won't be able to tell the difference unless you try to pick up the figure holding just the helmet.

 

[Jaymas]

Seems like you'd need a long neck and a tube of the right diameter wedged or blu-tacked into the helmet.

I have the defect helmet from the short trooper sitting on the shelf, so took a couple of photos of the inside so you can see what's in there:

Thank you for pics, I really appreciate it. You would think they would be able to include an adapter that fits into the top of the helmet for the Luke one that accomplishes the same thing without harming the details on the inside of the helmet.

I haven't checked whether both the tall and short troopers have the same size tubes, but when I flagged up the fault I had to specify which trooper it was from.

That's an interesting thought. Perhaps the necks on the tall and short trooper aren't the same so the "tubes" might have to be different sizes to fit right. Switching helmets on the tall and short trooper would also be interesting to see if they fit the same.

 

[ZE_501]

Interior of short trooper helmet has a longer tube.


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[Cixx]

Stormy Luke is still listed as q3 according to budget starks updated ht schedule.

Well that's good! Kinda impatient been a long time since i got a SW figure.

 

[Jaymas]

Interior of short trooper helmet has a longer tube.

So does that mean the short Stormtrooper has a longer neck or is there just less neck showing when the helmet is on?

 

[ZE_501]

So does that mean the short Stormtrooper has a longer neck or is there just less neck showing when the helmet is on?

Definitely less neck showing, can't recall a difference in length of neck. If you place the short trooper helmet on the tall trooper, it exposes more neck. I wouldn't have noticed otherwise.

 

[Asta]

The necks appear to be the same, but the tall trooper has a longer peg with a thick foam washer round it.

 

[Pixelpiper]

I'm sure you can stuff the helmet with something soft and it will stay on the neck, or if it's too short you do someting to lengthen the neck some.

^ This. Easy peasy. If HT don't include something in the box, a simple piece of rigid tube that fits over the neck post wrapped in foam will do the trick.

For someone that wants only a (shorter) Stormtrooper, this is a nice money-making set as you'll probably be able to sell the head sculpt alone for over $80 profit (that's after all eBay/Paypal fees).

 

[TonTon]

With Maria Hill out now, maybe Luke will be soon.

 

[Denver5280]

Come on already!

 

[John Nada]

Any day now

 

[commandernarra]

Newbie question.
Will this be available through Bigbadtoystore?...